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Ottawa increased its lead with an 18-yard touchdown run by Jim Evenson at 9:45 of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Lemmerman suffered an arm injury, and Wilkinson, his rib injury frozen, came off the bench to bring some life to the Eskimo offence. Edmonton receiver Tyrone Walls fumbled after receiving a Wilkinson pass on Edmonton's 47.
The Ottawa Rough Riders are the 1973 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos, 22–18, at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. Ottawa's Charlie Brandon (DE) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player , while Edmonton's Garry Lefebvre (DB) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian .
A team from Ottawa would not return to the Grey Cup until 2015, when the second-year Redblacks faced off, incidentally, against the Edmonton Eskimos. Canadian Football Hall of Fame legends Tom Wilkinson (Edmonton) and Tony Gabriel (Ottawa) played their final game in the 69th Grey Cup as did veteran Edmonton centre Bob Howes.
vs. Edmonton Eskimos: W 32–20 5–4 Lansdowne Park 20,306 10 Sun, Sept 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 15–28 5–5 Lansdowne Park 26,316 11 Mon, Oct 8 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 16–13 6–5 Ivor Wynne Stadium 34,050 12 Sun, Oct 14 at Calgary Stampeders: W 32–8 7–5 McMahon Stadium: 18,450 13 Sun, Oct 21 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 20–19 8–5
The Elks were founded in 1949 as the Edmonton Eskimos and have won the Grey Cup championship fourteen times (including a three-peat between 1954 and 1956 and an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982), most recently in 2015 and the most of any CFL club based in Western Canada.
The Montreal Alouettes are the 1977 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos, 41–6, in front of their home crowd of 68,318 at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.This Grey Cup was known as the "Ice Bowl" since the field was frozen in a sheet of ice.
at Ottawa Rough Riders: L 17–18 5–3 Ivor Wynne Stadium: 20,012 8 9 Fri, Aug 18 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders: W 32–13 6–3 Commonwealth Stadium 30,204 9 10 Sun, Aug 27 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 63–3 7–3 Commonwealth Stadium 28,135 10 11 Mon, Sept 4 at Calgary Stampeders: L 26–51 7–4 McMahon Stadium: 37,317 11 12 Fri, Sept 8
Ottawa running back Ron Stewart was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Edmonton finished the game with only 44 yards rushing. It was Ottawa's first Grey Cup appearance and victory since 1951. Kaye Vaughan's fumble recovery touchdown was his first touchdown in 14 years of football.